in response to my advance, the enemy summoned a spear and ȧssumed a posture as if expecting to take my blow in full force.

and in mere seconds our weapons collided, generating a deafening sound, in that brief exchange it was possible to see which of us had the advantage in strength.

the enemy was forced to retreat due to the collision and as long as I remained in the same position, the advantage was mine and I didn\'t waste the chance.

Without giving the enemy room and time to recover, I took a step forward and lunged forward towards the enemy\'s ċhėst.

but the enemy was skillful, with a quick recovery of balance he made his counterattack, taking a step back he hit my blade with the tip of his spear, changing the intended course, and quickly he continued attacking with a lunge towards mine throat.

and in front of the unexpected counterattack I pulled galantine up, hitting the spear and stopping the attack, and this time it was me who counterattacked, lowering the blade over his head.

again the enemy counterattacked, and again I counterattacked, repeatedly.

all there was to this fight was the constant sound of blades colliding, I couldn\'t understand why we were doing this, if he backed off he would have the advantage.

I didn\'t know the limitations of stakes, so distancing was his ally, but he didn\'t back down even though he had difficulties dealing with mine.

his refusal to back down could be attributed to his pride or an order, but what about me?

why couldn\'t I back off?

I never cared too much about things like honor and duty, I would throw sand in my enemy\'s eyes if it would guarantee victory.

but right now, where if I took a step back and used Galatine I would win, it was simple.

but I couldn\'t do that, the mere idea of ​​throwing sand in the enemy\'s eyes or taking a step back was something that caused a conflict in my mind, it was a rational idea but at the same time something absurd.

But although there was this conflict in my mind as I exchanged blows, I knew what it must be, the years of experience would not let me be a fool.

I was in enemy territory, alone and with a body that was weakening as time passed, the longer this fight took the worse it would be for me.

it felt good to see its great splendor and its flame stretching from guard to tip as I ran my hand over the blade, as I could feel its immense heat that kept rising, now I understood Gawain\'s fascination with this blade, she was not only powerful but immensely beautiful.

but I didn\'t have enough prana to unleash his max but it was still enough to hit the enemy in front of me, although he backed off as soon as he noticed the Galatine glow there was no escaping Galatine\'s onslaught even defending was hard.

I just needed to lunge to end this fight, but as soon as my body moved a female voice rang in my mind.

("By the authority bestowed upon me as ruler, I Jeanne d\'Arc command all servants with my command spells to stop the fight")

suddenly my body locked and looking at the enemy I noticed that this did not apply only to me, for me the fight would only be stopped if the enemy was dead and that was when I would return the sword to its scabbard.

but with the seal of command forcing me to stop the fight, my body fȯrċɨbŀƴ let the prana on the Galatine blade dissipate and then returned it to its scabbard.

as soon as I sheathed Galatine I heard footsteps approaching, and as I turned in the direction of the steps, for a brief moment I lost my breath as I envisioned a familiar silhouette, but as the silhouette approached I was sure I was completely mistaken.

the only common resemblance between the two was height, golden hair, and a vague resemblance in their features.

but she was not alone, a boy accompanied her but his scent was not human, it was vaguely similar to Mordred....he was a homunculus, but what made a homunculus be accompanied by a servant?

What made Ruler accompany a homunculus unrelated to this war?

what intrigued me most was why the ruler interfered in our fight.

("lancer, I have another objective for you, I want you to go into combat with the ruler to test your power and what she can do, I\'ll leave it up to you how you prefer to do this, I\'ll provide you with the energy you need to fight using a command spell")

along with the appearance of rider a new order came from my master, a rather strange one.

maybe that was the goal from the start, that would explain the order to get attention, but what\'s the benefit of making ruler our enemy?

my curiosity was only increasing, I think that priest and I would have a long conversation, which I hoped would generate more answers than questions.

but for now, I would obey, questioning was not my order.

but first, I should find a way out of this place to get away from the enemy\'s territory, but without needing to get too far away from the ruler

"HOW DARES RULER? AGAIN YOU STOP OUR ACTIONS!!!"

to the ruler, Jeanne d\'Arc responded with extreme conviction in her voice.

"look at the environment around you, this is against the principles of grail warfare, if you hadn\'t stopped them it would put the war\'s existence at risk of being discovered."

We were so involved in our fight that I didn\'t notice the surroundings, I only noticed the surroundings when Ruler spoke, and I had to agree it was too much damage.

the damage that the Galatine caused was very great, a gigantic fissure crossed the enemy territory, it was a fissure so big that I couldn\'t see where it ended, but the biggest damage was the fire that had spread to the whole forest

there was no way to keep it a secret